Date: Wed, 1 Mar 95 23:53:40 -0500 From: langconf(a)louis-xiv.bu.edu (BU Conference on Language Development) CALL FOR PAPERS ************************************************************************* The 20th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development November 3, 4 and 5, 1995 Keynote Speaker: Lila Gleitman, University of Pennsylvania Plenary Speaker: Lydia White, McGill University ************************************************************************** FIRST AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION All topics in the field of language acquisition will be fully considered, including: Bilingualism Literacy Cognition & Language Narrative Creoles & Pidgins Neurolinguistics Discourse Pragmatics Exceptional Language Pre-linguistic Development Input & Interaction Signed Languages Language Disorders Sociolinguistics Lexicon Speech Perception & Production Linguistic Theory (Syntax, Semantics, Phonology, Morphology) Abstracts submitted must represent original, unpublished research. Presentations will be 20 minutes long, plus 10 minutes for questions. PLEASE SUBMIT: 1) six copies of an anonymous, clearly titled 450-word summary for review 2) one copy of a 150-word abstract for use in conference program book if abstract is accepted; (if your paper is accepted, you will be asked to resubmit your 150-word abstract in electronic form, either on diskette or by e-mail. Requests for these program abstracts will be sent with acceptance letters.) 3) one 3 x 5 card stating: i) title, ii) topic area, iii) audiovisual requests, and iv) for EACH author: a) Full name & affiliation d) Summer address & phone b) Current address & phone e) Summer e-mail address c) E-mail address f) Fax number Please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard for acknowledgment of receipt. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent by late July. Pre-registration materials and preliminary schedule will be available in late August 1995. 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